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[Android Apps and Games] poco90:
Hi Madmack,

Great app. Downloaded ver 7 from the market place. One glitch I have noticed is if you are charging using the USB cable and you get a missed call or message notification the phone freezes up. The only button that works is the power button and you have to restart the phone. Just thought you would want to be made aware of this. Rgds,

Poco

P.S. I have a Galaxy S
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Thanks for your feedback. I couldn't replicate this problem on my samsung galaxy s.

I added an option to the latest version called "disable touchscreen", you might want to uncheck this if your phone is not responding to touch events. It might have a higher battery drain (because touch drivers are active when NoLED is displaying a notification) but that way your phone won't freeze.
[Android Apps and Games] Meister_Li:
It works awesomely, but I really wish there was a way to make it work in silent mode with "other" applications. Isn't there a way to somehow grab the LED-Signals some problems like Twidryod or Nimbuzz send when they recieve a message and use it in the application?
[Android Apps and Games] emelie:
thx for your effort with this great app!

just one small request: it would make me happy if you could add the current version number to the thread title and update it as you go. this way i can check the thread when it's updated by you (i'm a subscriber).

thx!
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
unfortunately, there isn't any possible way that am aware of. the sound notifications for "other" is really a sort of a hack I made to make it work. am not entirely sure, but I believe if a phone has no LEDs for notifications, then a flag is set in the kernel to disable notifications all together.

roger, i'll do that.
[Android Apps and Games] jdmnash:
"Application not installed" - popup title

"NoLED could not be installed." - popup message

I get this after clicking "install" and yes I have enabled [and successfully installed other] non-market apps via the *#*#307#*#* / EMlist method.

:( dell streak compatibility = donation ;)
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
here's a quick thing I edited that I think will fix your problem. (fingers crossed)

try the attached apk and let me know

Never mind, seems the problem is much more complicated. The problem is that DELL streak uses an old android version. many of the APIs I use are from Android 2.0 and over. So you'll need to update your dell streak to Eclair or Froyo to get NoLED to work. sorry about that
[Android Apps and Games] Berserk87:
this thread needs some pics or a vid.

I want to see what the new version/customizations look like, but i don't have my captivate yet :(
[Android Apps and Games] kenkiller:
Looking forward to Widgetlocker compatibility. It adds much functionality to the useless default lockscreen. Combined with NoLED it's a godsend. :D
[Android Apps and Games] vArt:
tried it out...

don't know if I understand it somehow wrong, but I checked it at night, and not only the notification pixels glow, but also the whole screen... if you want i can try to take long exposure picture to make it obvious...
[Android Apps and Games] poco90:
Hi madmack,

Tried as you suggested but still the same issue. I'll just have to use the mains charger instead of the USB. No big deal. Thanks again,

Poco
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
yes, the screen does glow in general. when someone came up with the idea of the dot in the screen, and I tried to implement the pseudo code for that idea, I didn't notice any glowing effects. well, maybe because I was mainly coding and trying it out daytime or with some light. so the idea that our AMOLED screens don't emit anything when displaying black is false.

however, many people still found that app to be useful which motivated me to continue coding for it. I lately added an option that will "timeout" NoLED after some time of using it. this should save significant battery life when you leave your phone unattended for prolonged periods (overnight for example)
[Android Apps and Games] poco90:
madmack, it works now. After disabling the touch screen the phone froze and I restarted it. Then after restarting the phone I forgot to disconnect the USB cable. Low and behold it didn't freeze. So I presume a restart was need to fully enable the function. Thanks again.

Poco
[Android Apps and Games] briand39:
specific colored led's for email accounts

what would be cool is to be able to have separate colored LED's for specific email accounts. For example, I could select blue for my work email and green for my home. SMS texts would flash red. Right now I see my gmail account specifically listed in the settings, but can't customize beyond that.
[Android Apps and Games] johnlen01:
would it be easier instead of the pixels ....

Instead of few pixels light on the AMOLED

Light one of the two buttons lights

Context menu and/or back button

Even make them flash depending of the alerts.

would it be possible ?
[Android Apps and Games] jgclifton:
Already been discussed and not currently possible.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
hmm, it is supposed to pull all your email accounts so you can customize their colors and toggles. It does work here on my phone.

When you added your "work" account, what type did you choose when you went to "Accounts & Sync" in Settings ?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Exchange account

Guys, I'll need some help on this one.

Anybody has any "work" or "exchange" account setup on their phones ?

If so, can you please run this version and tell me what the popups tell you when you open NoLED settings from the app drawer ? (as soon as you open NoLED settings, you should be greeted with a bunch of popups).

Once you're done, you can uninstall this temporary version and install the Market one.

I'll appreciate it ! thanks
[Android Apps and Games] CaptMorganz:
Hi,

I just signed up here to help you out when i saw this post. I tried to install but it says it's not supported on my Samsung Vibrant. I use gmail and work/exchange on my phone. Let me know if you can adjust the package to test on my phone and i'd be glad to help.

Thx and great job :)
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Have you installed any *.apk files without using the Market before ? Try to load the file into your sdcard, and then use Astro to install it. I'm not entirely sure because I don't have a vibrant here, but if you search the forums you should find a solution to sideload apk files.

Also, make sure you uninstall any previous NoLED installations.

Thanks for your help
[Android Apps and Games] LeDiable:
Really Love this application! Finally something that makes me not miss the only thing I did from my old Nexus One...the LED Indicator.

A BIG Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Italia99:
Hi,

i have problems with NoLED under Froyo!

Is it possible to make this app compatible with Froyo (JPC Firmware)??
[Android Apps and Games] dafunky:
Little question : is your changelog up to date here? Because I'm waiting a fix for your app working together with Widget Locker before installing it again
[Android Apps and Games] Eienkei:
Thanks for listening to comments! Your app rocks!!!
[Android Apps and Games] totality:
How do people find the app affects battery life? Does it use much up having it running full time?
[Android Apps and Games] CaptMorganz:
Got it installed, just had to copy it over via my pc. This is the only popup i saw:

Test title

type: com.android.exchange
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Thank you, that's all I needed :)
[Android Apps and Games] REKnight:
Time out not working as expected...

Let me start with, love the app!

I've noticed that since I updated to 1.0b and turned on the time out for notification that it seems the time out turns the service off, rather then just turning the notification off. Once off I have to turn the service back on at the widget. This normally only effects me over night since my time out is an hour and the phone is normally near me during the day.

Is this working like designed?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
It is. The feature was added to save us battery life. If I timeout after each notification, odds are I'm still going to receive a notification even after timeout. So the service itself shuts down to avoid that.

I did implement it to re-enable itself after you unlock the screen when the service is shut down. You don't need to use the widget for that.

So to reiterate, after the screen has timed out in an hour or whatever value you set, all you need to do to get NoLED to start showing notifications is to unlock the screen (wake the screen) once.
[Android Apps and Games] REKnight:
That is what I expected, but the re enable after unlock doesn't seem to be working.

I just got an email and can see the notification. I'll let it time out and then unlock and verify if it restarts.

Thanks for the quick reply.
[Android Apps and Games] REKnight:
Ok, after testing I found it is not reactivating for me after timing out.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I just tested it again but couldn't replicate the issue. NoLED does reactivate here.

Here is the thing, when the notifications timeout, the screen will briefly activate with the unlock screen showing. Don't unlock at that screen, wait til the screen turns off then turn the screen on and unlock it. You'll see that the widget will suddenly go from black to having these little dots in it.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
didn't have time to work on that one yet. and yes, the changelog is up to date :)

I'll experiment with trying to dismiss the notifications using the power button instead of the home button. That should fix the problem I think with WidgetLocker and NoLock (both of which I don't use, hence explaining the delay in their compatibility).
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Question for those with "work" email accounts.

What color do you receive when you receive a new email ? is it the same color as "other" notifications ? does work email accounts work in silent/vibrate mode ?
[Android Apps and Games] CrashyNL:
Just new to the whole android scene, love the app, works great when studying in the library! Maybe its usefull to add an option to auto activate and deactivate the service when phone is set to silent/ring on. I would appreciate it anyway
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
great idea, will look into it.

DONE
[Android Apps and Games] JBL74:
When i get sms i dont see noled on the screen but when i press homebutton then noled appears. What is causing this?
[Android Apps and Games] Bierfreund:
This apps sounds very nice.

Maybe this is asked before, but i don't want to read all 58 pages of the thread.

Doesn't this consume a lot of battery power? (when a notification dot is shown the screen is on the whole time?)
[Android Apps and Games] Connecter:
Hallo. Nice App! But I have find zwo bugs. When I use WidgetLocker, no missed calles are shown and when you press a home key you have unlocked the phone. thx
[Android Apps and Games] JBL74:
Email notification works. Sms Ans call wont. :confused:

I´ve notised when email comes, i wont see screenlock and noled activates instantly.

Sms or call comes, i can se screenlock and noled wont work or comes after maybe minutes.

ringtones are in proper folder where they should be ans selected from android settings.

Dont know what else i should do? Please help!!! :(
[Android Apps and Games] LevitateJay:
Text Suggestion

Do you think it'd be possible to add a option to have notifications this style?

I'm not too worried about it using a little more battery.

Also you could have them fade in for 1 second, out for 2 etc :D

Great application!
[Android Apps and Games] Bec07:
Also there's another trick to lower power drain - color filters:

http://jsharkey.org/blog/2010/07/01/android-surfaceflinger-tricks-for-fun-and-profit/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=772059
[Android Apps and Games] mytux:
Locale Plugin

Really great feature enhancement for my SGS! Thanks for the good work!

It woul be really cool to have this also as a locale plugin. So Locale can automatically switch the feature on and off based on conditions.

Search for 'Locale' in the market to get mor info about it.
[Android Apps and Games] mobilebone:
Seems like when using it with LauncherProPlus, noLED is deactivated after a while. I have a widget on the screen with the LEDs on it, and after a few notifications, the LEDs disappear from the widget. I'm going to try this on the Touch Whiz Launcher. I'm using the Samsung Vibrant.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I don't really use Handcent, sorry can't help you there. Maybe one day when the application is mature enough I'll look into compatibility with other SMS apps.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Well guys, a bit of good news. Thanks to bchalk for letting me know about Gmail Notifier, I figured a sneaky way of getting alerted for new gmail emails even in silent/vibrate mode. Yep !!

So here is how this app will work from here on out.

1. Each type of notification will get a different color that will move around the top left corner every few seconds.

2. SMS / Missed calls already work in silent/vibrate mode and will stay that way.

3. Gmail notifications will also work in silent/vibrate mode.

4. All other notifications for any app that you like must use sound notifications from /sdcard/sd/media/audio/notifications . For these type of notifications, putting the phone in vibrate/silent mode will not trigger any alert. Only when they are played will they be triggered. This includes any app that decides to notify you with a tone when something happens. I use that for some sports apps for example.

As an addition for something I use heavily, I need to investigate a way to make gtalk work in silent/vibrate as well. No promises there yet though.

I'm leaving for a vacation tomorrow so things will come to a stop for a while. I should be back on top of it sometime in August.
[Android Apps and Games] riwarren:
Why don't you release the source code for this so that those of us who are capable of producing something more eye appealing than colored dots can go ahead and do so?

This is Android after all, is it not? The heart of the concept of open source as far as mobile software development is concerned.
[Android Apps and Games] Berserk87:
Thats his choice if he wants to or not.

My first though is that simple dots are going to have the least impact on the battery.
[Android Apps and Games] nicoloco:
It works for the sms but not for the call ...

Strange ...
[Android Apps and Games] riwarren:
Yes it is his choice. But like he said, hes going away tomorrow and will not be doing any further work on this for quite some time. Only makes sense to make the source available to the community.
[Android Apps and Games] scheichuwe:
same here

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[Android Apps and Games] seraphimserapis:
If you need any help with developing this app - I'm a professional Android dev and I'm willing to help you ;)
[Android Apps and Games] unfnknblvbl:
This is such a great idea, I can't believe Samsung didn't implement it as a default option!
[Android Apps and Games] Canöl:
Can someone post a video how it works?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
For those of you having problems with missed calls but not with SMS. Please try the attached .apk and lemme know how it works. When you receive a missed call, after the screen turns off, wait a while and it should show the red light.

As for the open source question, I have decided against it. This decision might change in the future but for now I'd like to keep things the way they are.
[Android Apps and Games] manticore1977:
Thanks, love it so far! I hope to see some of the suggestions people have requested added in the future like the different notification symbols...but it's still a great solution!
[Android Apps and Games] scheichuwe:
Now it works.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Glad to hear that, I'll keep these changes permanent :)
[Android Apps and Games] vibez:
Just for info, it works fine with chompsms
[Android Apps and Games] ultra spikey:
Do you mind adding version numbers to your .apk, as well as putting a changelog in your first post?
[Android Apps and Games] bommel0815:
genius, thanks.

will donate once thats possible, and would appreciate refinements such as nicer symbols instead of the dot!
[Android Apps and Games] hnr2802:
can any1 record a video & upload it to youtube.. i wanna see how this app works... plss... :)
[Android Apps and Games] Bajo76:
I love this app.

It would be great if there would be different colors for sms, email and voice, maybe some small icons.
[Android Apps and Games] Lio78:
Thank's for this app, it's great :D
[Android Apps and Games] dc41:
I would LOVE support for Google Voice. I use it as both my IM and Voicemail app. By light up the screen, you mean the screen goes from off to the lock screen when I notification is received?

If that's the case, mine doesn't even if the app is open. It will play a sound and put a notification icon on the status bar whether the app is open or not. Does that mean no NoLED love for Voice? :(
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
yea, that's what I meant by light up. whether the screen turns on when you receive a new IM.

if it doesn't, then NoLED should work with Google voice when the phone is not in silent/vibrate mode. just make sure you go to the toggle menu, enable "other", then in Google voice, choose the notification sound to be one of Samsung's default ones .

unfortunately, Google did not release any APIs for GV (hidden or otherwise). so I cannot implement silent/vibrate mode notifications for it.
[Android Apps and Games] emuemu:
I saw this app just after buying a great leather case...which covers the screen. I like the case. hmmm would it be possible for the app to make a subtle sound every 15 (or so) minutes when there are un-viewed notifications? ideally this feature would not operate at night.

Maybe this is a big ask and a bit away from what this app tries to do...
[Android Apps and Games] dc41:
Ha! I thought for sure I had a default sound selected for Voice. but I didn't. Now it works perfectly with Voice.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] rmb1000:
working great even with the no-lock app. good as is, but one minor suggestion. anyway to allow it to auto refresh the dots. i.e, if i have a purple dot then answer my email via computer the purple stays even though the email notification is gone. can it refresh say every 15 min?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I can make it work almost instantly, I just need to invest sometime in implementing this. I'll look into it (am annoyed by it sometimes too)
[Android Apps and Games] billou95:
Hi madmack, great job out there on this must-have app, but i keep getting black screen without the dots even with the widget on homescreen that is itself displaying the dots. Is the app confirmed working on JM6 ? Thanks in advance. Best regards !
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
click on that widget to enable it. you should see dots appearing in it.

If the widget is plain black, NoLED is not running.
[Android Apps and Games] billou95:
The widget says its active (the 4 dots are displaying) but the screen remains black. Strange. I have not touched anything on the settings, just using default ones. Are the notification immediate after missing call/sms ? or is there any delay ?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
for missed calls, sms.. a slight delay. the screen will turn on (showing the puzzle unlock screen), then turn off by itself. After which, NoLED will show up. just give it sometime.

with emails, it should be instant.
[Android Apps and Games] billou95:
Yes ! Its working right now after 15min of waiting ! Fantastic. Great thanks for your support. If i could add something to the todo list, maybe doing some 8bit-like dots icons for phone/sms/mail would be so great :)
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
glad you got it sorted out. although 15min delay is not really what the app is supposed to do :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] iqbalbaskara:
I'm experiencing this too with the 1.0b release. Just installed the 1.1 let's see if it does that also

www.iqbalaribaskara.com | Sent from my GR-I9000 using XDA app.
[Android Apps and Games] kyeung:
Strange issue with exchange mail

First of all, thank you so much for such a great tool :-)

I upgraded to NoLED version 1.1 last night and since then I had problem with my Exchange mail where the push notification won't work anymore (I had to go into the mail program to manually refresh to see the new emails). I know it sounded very strange but it had happened twice today already. Once I loaded NoLED, the push notification for Exchange mail would work for a few hours and then stop working all of a sudden; and the only way to recover from that situation is to kill the NoLED process using the task killer app. (Once the NoLED process is killed, the push mail/notification works again immediately.) This issue appears to affect the Exchange mail only; the Gmail notification has been working perfectly all the time.

I don't recall seeing this problem on my Vibrant on versions 1.0b and earlier. Any idea why? Also, is there anyway that I can download the version 1.0b again?

Again, your time and effort in developing this tool is greatly appreciated :-)

Regards,

Kam
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
this is really strange indeed. I don't recall anything in my app that could possibly cause a 3rd part app to lose it's functionality.

am curious, did you enable "other" from the toggle menu in NoLED's settings?
[Android Apps and Games] kyeung:
Yes, I did, otherwise the LED notification for Exchange mail would not work initially. BTW, I'm just using the android built-in email app for the Exchange mails. Also, I don't recall seeing the NoLED task in the running task list in the earlier versions. I'm now running version 0.9 and it's been working great for the last two hours. Can you please tell me how I can download version 1.0b again?
[Android Apps and Games] ozy944:
I cant seem to get my rooted stock captivate out of sleep if I use noLed. So basically, if I have a notification, I have to restart. :(

I think its due to me using the no lock application and sms popup although only default notifactions are switched on.

Anybody else have the same issue?
[Android Apps and Games] technofab:
Seems broken with last JPC firmware..

I've a Samsung Galaxy S, and i've flash the latest JPC firmware, i've the last version of the apps, but it not work. Any idea/news?
[Android Apps and Games] m4ssnet:
last version installed, JM6 firmware rooted, Widget locker installed, Power button fix enabled, no "other" notification enabled.

Not working.

Any info/things to try ?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I've upped 1.0b on the first post of this thread.
[Android Apps and Games] rbtady:
Thanks for all your hard work Madmack. Unfortunately 1.1 had problems for me too, as i never receievd the notifications, just always saw the noled settings everytime I opened my vibrant. The idea to have the power button turn on the phone instead of using home was a great idea though. I hope it works on the next update :)
[Android Apps and Games] kyeung:
Thanks Madmack! FYI, my Vibrant is now running version 0.9 and it's been working great with my Exchange mail for >14 hours. I look forward to your next update and thanks a million for your hard work :-)
[Android Apps and Games] NotBillable:
v1.1 is working perfectly fine for me...no issues whatsoever.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
this latest update that broke many devices (i think mainly vibrant/captivate users) is concerning ! can you guys please do me a favor and try this version am attaching here ? I think I know what might be causing this for you guys.